- Good morning, I hope you're having an amazing day.
It's Mark Wiens, I'm in Karachi, Pakistan
and this morning we are at the fish market.
It's six a.m., we're gonna buy some seafood
and then the plan for the day
is we are going to cook some seafood.
We're gonna go to a beach house.
We'll see what happens but it's gonna be an amazing day
and we are starting at the fish market this morning.
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This is the main fish market here.
We're at the Karachi fishery.
Ali, good morning.
- Good morning.
- [Mark] How are you?
- Half sleepy.
The market is already buzzing though.
There are people transporting barrels and buckets
and wheel barrows full of fish.
And then the fish is just kind of laying out all over
the entire area of the market.
Just mounds of fish and ice, fresh fish.
Hello, how are you?
- Fine, fine.
- Is that the tuna?
It's still kinda dark so we're waiting on better light
but in the mean time we've stepped inside
the fisherman's cantine.
This is just like a mess hall.
Quite a lively environment in here, very cool.
We're gonna stop here maybe to eat a little something
but definitely to have some tea.
So they don't have any seafood at the fisherman's cantine
but mainly what people are eating
are paratha and drinking tea.
And a paratha is like a fried bread.
First they have the dough in rounds,
kinda like a cinnamon roll, like a swirl,
and then they roll out the dough
so it has kind of those layers onto the hot griddle
in some oil, and that fries until it's just golden
and that's just like a simple,
very common breakfast in Karachi.
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Yeah, that's always good, always good.
I don't think this one is spiced with any cardamom,
I think that's just straight tea.
But yeah, check out this paratha.
It's hot, it's flakey, it's fried fresh.
You can feel that golden crunchiness.
Oh yeah, that is hot.
And it's very good.
Slightly greasy.
But you've got that contrast between the crunchy,
crispy outside, and the gooey interior.
And you have to follow that with tea.
The dipping method, so you dip it into your chai.
Oh I got the milk skin with that.
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Yeah, that is good.
You still got that crunch because you just dip it fast.
You flash dip it but then it's absorbed
a little bit of that tea so it's juicy.
Okay step outside, good morning.
The sun has risen.
The commotion from the fish market.
It's still buzzing, just the piles of fish.
People transporting fish from place to place.
Oh yeah (laughs).
(speaking in foreign language)
But that was a good breakfast.
A great way to start the day
and one of the most common of all breakfasts
eaten across Pakistan.
Very good.
Good, good, good.
Actually one of our friends is going to buy the seafood
because we don't really know what we're doing
buying the seafood, so he's gonna buy the seafood.
Actually I think he already came
earlier this morning than us to buy the seafood.
Gonna take it back to the beach house
and then that's where we're gonna cook.
So we're not actually buying the seafood ourselves.
We just came here to walk around and see all the fish
and just enjoy the atmosphere.
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The fish market this morning was great.
We've now picked up Joel and Ying and Micah
and we are driving en route to, where are we going?
- Hawke's Bay.
- [Mark] Fox Bay.
- Hawke's Bay. - Hawke's Bay, alright.
That's where the beach house is.
We're on our way to Hawke's Bay.
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Awesome.
Oh and by the way,
Ali and I have switched places.
Ali is gonna...
- Hi this is Ali from migrationology.com.
We are live from Hawke's Bay, Karachi.
Mark has decided to stay back in Pakistan
so I'll have to do it onwards guys.
Get used to this face.
- How are you?
They're already preparing some of the food in the front.
But this is a beautiful house
right along the beach, along the sand.
Hawke's Bay.
Oh man, that is bright and beautiful.
The Arabian Sea.
We're really not that far away from
the gulf from Dubai, UAE, from Oman.
It's pretty close here.
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- Beef boti.
- [Mark] Boti?
- [Man Grilling] Beef boti and some kebab.
- They're cooking all the food in the front of the house.
The beach is at the front,
we're at the back of the house.
That's what it is.
But they're grilling up the chicken right now.
There's kebabs.
They're also gonna be grilling some Pomfret fish and shrimp.
And then over on this section
they have live crabs which they are gonna show us right now.
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They have fresh mud crabs as well.
I think those are mud crabs.
Just walked in with a gunny sack of fresh crabs.
Breaking those apart, that's gonna be a crab curry.
- To be boiled, the crabs.
- [Mark] Oh okay.
- [Harun] And called crab lollipop.
- [Mark] Crab lollipop.
And this one is prawns masala?
- [Man Stirring Pot] Yeah.
- They're gonna be making crab curry,
but at the moment he's making prawns curry.
- Crab kebabs. - Crab kebabs?
Oh, nice, on the grill?
- [Sheruz] No, they're going to be fried.
- They will be fried also.
Wow.
Okay we are having the full Pakistani seafood feast.
I am feeling extremely hungry
after smelling these aromas coming out of the backyard.
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Crab lollipops?
- [Harun] Yeah, I'm broking the shell.
- [Mark] Nice.
- [Harun] And here's some meat.
- [Mark] Thank you.
And what is your name?
- Harun. - Harun, great man.
Very nice to meet you.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you for cooking. - Thank you.
- [Mark] Are you from this area, from Hawke's Bay?
- [Harun] Yeah, no, no, I am from Karachi,
and live in Kiamari. - Ah okay.
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And then just shook it perfectly so that the sauce
all coats every little crevice of that crab.
(pan sizzling)
The dishes just keep on coming.
Now he's frying fish and at the same time
he's making crab cutlet.
So there's potato that you mash down
with some crab meat that he's making into little patties,
and I think those will fry as well.
This is gonna be an all-out Pakistani seafood feast.
They just keep coming up with more and more dishes,
or just letting me know about more and more dishes
as they go along.
Wow, but I think we are getting very close.
They're starting to set up the table.
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Wow.
Was I not recording?
So we're all sitting down to feast now with Sheruz
and Alisa.
Thank you so much for them hosting us
and for putting together, organizing this
and for inviting us to their beach house.
And for the chefs for preparing all this food.
We have like, there's at least 14 different dishes.
The aromas, the spices.
Mostly it's seafood but there's also some meat
so we have the best of the land and the sea.
It's everything you could possibly want
on a single table when you're in Pakistan.
And are you supposed to eat it with the cutlet?
- [Sheruz] Yeah.
- Okay awesome.
We're all gonna begin with the crab cutlets,
which are freshly fried potato and crab in here.
And we added some of the chutney
which is tomato and tamarind in the chutney.
Oh wow.
Oh it's so good.
You taste that crab and then the potato is just like
mashed up in there.
And that chutney, you were right about that chutney.
It's unbelievable.
Thank you.
That chutney, it's tomato and tamarind
so it has a tartness to it, and then at the same time
it has like you can taste the spices and the cumin in there.
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This just like melts in your mouth.
The next dish that we have to try first
is the crab lollipop which are the claws, de-shelled,
and then with that curry sauce all over it.
This is beautiful.
And so you just grab one of the claws.
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Yeah.
That is just like way better than any sugar-filled lollipop
you could ever have.
And it's just as sweet, and then just coated
in that contrasting blend of of spices.
Unbelievably good.
You can taste all the spices and yet they're all just like
balanced to perfection and you wanna just lick
every crevice of that crab.
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Cheers. - Cheers.
- Oh with the tamarind.
Just like brings out the flavor.
- And then behind it there's this sweetness
of the prawn itself.
- Put some of this onto the plate.
Oh and you can sees whole cinnamon sticks.
You can just see all those spices.
You can see the chilies in there.
You can just see that rich sauce.
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It's crazy, crazy good.
It's such a harmony of spices
and you can actually taste the tomatoes I think in there.
Has that kind of tomatoey tartness.
Then blended with all the spices, the little prawns.
Now it's time to just go head first
and just dive into the food, dive into the seafood
and just go all out.
Tamarind chutney? - Yeah, this one.
- Alright.
Ali has said that the chicken is amazing too.
Chicken tikka, that's unbelievable.
Like all of the moisture and juices
have just been absorbed and held up
within the side of the chicken.
That's real perfect.
And then into the tamarind chutney again.
Mmm.
You can taste the sour tamarind.
It's tart.
It tastes like there's some mint
and maybe coriander inside of it as well.
Okay, next up our beef bihari.
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You're just gonna be licking your fingers this entire meal.
It's just dish after dish of just pure joy.
And that fish has a real buttery texture to it.
That has been shallow fried too, it has that crispy edge.
You can taste all that salt crust,
the spice crust on there.
Another plate of crab curry.
Lollipops, they refilled it.
Nice.
Thank you very much.
There's nothing greater than a refilled plate of lollipops,
crab lollipops.
Some more fresh lollipops.
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That just slides right out.
Oh wow.
Even with that blend of spices and the curry coating it,
the sweetness of the crab just like penetrates through
that entire spice but then both the spice
and the sweetness of the crab compliment each other.
I'm gonna dip that tail into the tamarind chutney.
Yeah Pomfret is one of my favorite fishes.
Fish, because of the texture and the juiciness
and again, the fish is coated in spices
before being grilled.
And then with that tamarind chutney.
That tamarind chutney is such a perfect
sourness and tartness.
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Kebab.
It just collapses in your mouth.
Everything is spectacular but I think the two best things
are the lollipop crab drum stick curry
as well as that prawn Karahi curry.
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That's just unbelievably flavorful.
I love how it's not oily but it's just like pure spices.
You taste that tomato mash.
You taste the black pepper in there,
the turmeric, the cumin.
Every now and then you chomp down on a cumin seed.
Sauce is so enriching both to your mouth and to your life.
This is a tomato chutney loaded with spices
and also tamarind, and then that chile.
I'm gonna try to pile this all up
onto this bite of fish.
That chile just like burst with juice.
Not too spicy but very fragrant.
And then that chutney, yeah that chutney is award winning.
Okay another fresh pomfret right off the grill.
It's hot.
Oh it's so juicy.
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I just can't stop,
and partly I can't stop because I'm in one of the most
breathable expandable outfits.
That's one of the best reasons.
As your stomach expands you just continue to feel great.
There's no belt to loosen.
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(waves crashing)
Kinda windy out here but we just finished with lunch.
That was an incredibly delicious meal.
One of the best Pakistani meals we've had
on this entire trip.
And this is actually our final day in Pakistan.
Tonight we fly out from Karachi back to Bangkok.
So what a meal to end with.
A massive thank you to Sharuz and Alisa
for hosting us at their beach home.
For all the chefs that prepared the meal,
it was spectacular.
From here we're driving back to Karachi.
Well I guess we're still kind of in Karachi here
but anyways this is, what a beautiful place.
What a spectacular seafood meal.
Oh man.
And that ocean breeze.
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- Very nice to meet you.
- [Mark] Very nice to meet you also.
- Thank you so much. - That was an amazing,
amazing cooking.
(speaking in foreign language)
Very, very much.
- No, thank you for reminding us
that we live in a beautiful country.
- [Mark] And an amazing culture.
- If you come again, let us know.
- Thank you, yes.
Thank you so much - Always welcome.
for hosting us.
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Thank you so much man.
(speaker announcing airline information)
Just made it to the airport in Karachi.
Today was the final day of our trip in Pakistan
and it was an amazing day to end this entire,
to wrap up this entire Pakistan food and travel series
and I have to say that the entire series,
and I'll have the link in the description box
where you can watch the entire series
of every single day of this entire trip.
It has been a trip of a lifetime.
The people that we encountered.
All the way from Lahore to Peshawar
to the Hunza Valley and all of Gilgit-Balkistan.
And then finally ending in Karachi.
We've met just countless people
that have just been so kind and so generous
and showed us such a welcome to Pakistan.
I wanna say a massive thank you to Ali.
He organized our entire trip from start to finish,
starting with the visa.
Our entire trip to Pakistan
would not have even been possible without Ali.
Check him out, I'll have his Instagram
in the description box but he's an amazing guy.
Thank you, Ali.
Thank you very, very much.
It was a trip of a lifetime.
And so that's gonna be it.
I wanna say a huge thank you to you for watching this video
and watching this entire series.
Again, I'll have a link in the description box
so you can watch all the videos.
If you haven't watched them all,
go back and check the entire series out
because there was so much food
and so many amazing experiences
that you're not gonna want to miss.
Our flight is about to leave in about 30 minutes
so I will see you on the next video.
Thank you again to Pakistan
for the amazing, amazing trip.